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L. v. A RoNsoN.

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APPLIc'ATIoII FILED FEB. 27. Isls.

PaIenIed'sepI. 24,1918.

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Application led February 27, 1915. Serial No. 10,915.'V

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Louis V. AnoNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dolls, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enablev others skilled inthe art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tonumerals of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in dolls, and has relation more particularly to devices of this ,character known as talking and creeping dolls; and it is the object of theinvention in part to provide a device of this general type, ofl a comparatively. simple and inexpensive nature having novel and improved means, whereby the device may be caused to imitate the movements of the object-which it represents, as well as to vproduce sounds imitative of a child, and in part to providel a device of this general character wherein the mechanism thereof is substantially invisible when the device is in yoperative position and normally presented to the eye. p A This. invention consists also in certain novel features of the construction and' combinations and arrangements of the several vparts of the improved doll, whereby certain important advantages are attained,.and .the device is rendered simpler, lessfexpensive and otherwise better adapted and more con.

venient for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In describing my invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views. l

Figure 1 represents a plan view, partly broken away, of my improved`V device; and Fig. 2 represents a side elevation ofthe same.

In the drawings, 1 represents Va supporting frame designed to carry the operating mechanism, to the top of which is secured in any convenient or desired manner the bellows 2, asl by means of pins 3 passing through suitable apertures in the lugs 4, which are formed integral with the supporting framel. The supporting-framed is preferably made from a single vpiece'of suitable sheet material, channel-shaped in crosssection, provided with supporting pieces 5.-5, located nearthe ends thereof. Struck up from the side walls6-6 of the supportrng frame 1 near the bottom thereof `are integral outwardly extending guides two of which are struck up from`feach of the said side walls 6, each of said guidesy 7fprovided withan elongated slot 8, for the reception of the extensions `9 formed on the reciprocating member 10. T he reciprocating memberslO are also provided each with two elongated yslotsll, for the reception of the guiding lugs 12, also struck up from and which form an integral part of the side walls 6.

- A' centrally-arranged integral extension 13 formed on-the reciprocating members 10 is provided with a slot 14, through which the crank pinl or ystud 15 passes and which is secured to the crank 16. A lever 17,-one end Vof which'is secured to the crank pin 15', is

operatively connected the bellows 2. Y The cranks 16 are secured to the ends of the operating shaft 19,and are operated by means of a pinion 20, which is fast thereas at 18 to the top of on, meshing 'with the gear wheel 21, vwhich is operated by spring power, asfor instance, the spring 22, one endl ofthe spring being Specification of Letters'IIPatent. i Patented Sept, 24, 1918,`

secured to the shaft 23, the other end .being secured to the supporting piece 5.

The cranks 16 being set in opposite directions, give to the reciprocating members 10 a pushY and pull motion, muchthe same as a creeping child, one of the members 10 pushing forward while the other is pulling. lThis` operation is continuous, one reciproeating member pushing once and then pulling,and the other member 10 pulling once and then pushing, v .i

24 represents a gear wheel mountedupon a `suitable shaft 25, forming a part fof the gear train, the teeth of said wheel engaging a stop 26 slidably mounted in the side walls 6 of the supporting frame, so arranged that when the stop 26 is moved inthe direction indicated by thearrow, the gear train is set iu motion and the device is thereby operated.

The supporting frame 1 with its operating mechanism and attached bellows, in its operative position, is located within the body of a doll, not shown, and is invisibleto the eye.

The arms and legs of the doll, which are represented in dotted lines in the drawings, are secured to the extensions 9 formed on the reciprocating members 10, and when operated, the device vis designed to represent a creeping doll, and to produce sounds 'orsayings -imitative of a child. 28 represents depending flanges Vformed integralv with the supporting frame, the inner faces of which, togetherV with the outer faces of the side walls 6 4of the supporting frame 1, form vguides lfor the centrally-ar ranged extensions 13 formedon the reciprocating-members 10. They, together with the elongated xslots S inthe guides 7, provide means to *prevent accidental vseparation of the reciprocatingmembers '10 from the guiding lugs 12.

'The operation of the device lis as fo'llows: By Ymeans of a keyengaging with the shaft 27, which yprojects through the body o'f-the doll, the winding `of the spring ,is effected.y By moving the slidable stop 26, one end of which projects outside 'the body Vof'the'doll, out'of engagement with the teeth of the gear wheel 24, and' in Vthe direction indicated bythe arrow 'in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, rthe mechanism is set in motion and operates'in the vfollowing manner. The operating shaft 19, through the 'cranks 16 and the crank pins or studs 15, which pass through theslots 14, cause the Vreciprocating members 10 to be reciprocated, at Athe same time causing the bellows 2 to be actuated by 'meansof vthe lever 17, the ends of vwhich are operatively connected to vthe crank pins 15 and tothe top of the bellows/L'as'at 18. The supporting frame 1 and the reciprocating 'members `1() are made from single 'piecesof'suitable material, and are of suc-h 'a nature as to lend themselves readily to manufacture from sheet metal 'by the 'use of suitable punches and dies.

Experience has demonstrated that the or- Yganization above described is a highly eficientone, and whilevthe device shown and Vdescribed is the preferred embodiment of my present invention, I do 'not Wish Ato be limited -to theiexact 'details `of construction shown and described, as obvious modifications thereof will appear to those skilled inthe art. Iclaim: '1. A device of the character described, comprising a supporting` frame, said supyporting frame being provided with guides,

'reciprocating slotted Vslidingmembers having "slid-ing engagement V'with the guides of Vsaid "supporting frame, an operating shaft,'r`nean`s operatively connected with the operating shaft for reciprocating the slotted sliding members in opposite directions, and means slidably mounted in the supporting frame for controlling the movement of the operating shaft.

452,. A device of the character described, comprising a channel-shaped supporting frame made from a single piece .of suitable material, provided near the bottom thereof with integral outwardly-extending slotted guides, and further provided near the top thereof, with integral outwardly and @downwardly Y-extending channel shaped guides, the lside walls of saidv channel-shaped supporting framebeing further provided Awith integral guiding lugs, reciprocating members having'slots near'eachen'd thereof, vand provided with upper and lower extensions slidably secured to the outside of 'said supporting frame, said Vupper extensions lofV the reciprocating members located inthe guides formed in the top of the supporting frame, and the said lower extensions located in the slots formed inthe guides neaij'thebottom 'o'f the supporting frame, the guiding l-'ugs of the supporting frame engaging with lthe slots formed in the ends of said reciprocating members, and means for reciprocating the sliding members in opposite directions.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a channel-shaped supporting frame made from Va single'piece of suitable material, provided near the Ybottom 4thereof with integral oi'itwardly4extending slotted guides, and further provided. lnear-'the ltop thereof, withintegral outwardly and-'down'- wardlyextending channel-shaped guides, the side walls of said channel-shaped 'supporting vframe being further yprovided with integral guiding lugs, reciprocating mem# bers having slots near each end thereof, Vand 'provided with upper and lower extensions of the supporting 'frame engaging with the slotsforinedin the'ends of said reciprocating members, means forreciprocating the 'sliding members in oppositedirections, and

means slidabl'y mounted in oneend of the supporting frame forfcontrolling the 'move- Ainent of the said rmeans.

4. A device lof the character' described, comprising a channel-shaped supporting frame provided with guiding lugs,said supporting frame provided with downwardly and outwardlyvextending integral guides,

reciprocating members provided with an integral extension y'sli'da'bly arranged in 'the said guides of said supporting frame, Yand supporting :frame for controlling the move- 10 further provided With elongated slots formed ment of the operating shaft.

near each end thereof, the lugs on said sup- This specification signed and witnessed portirlg frame adapted to enter siaid slofls this 26th day of February, 1915.

and ave sliding engagement t ereWit an operating shaft, means operatively con- LOUIS V ARONSON" neeted with said operating shaft for recipro- Witnesses:

eating the sliding members in opposite di- FREDK. C. FISCHER,

reetions and slidable means mounted in the CLnFFoRD A. ALLIsToN.

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